Helping Hand Act

Incredible Kids, On the Road, People, Trivia
on August 9, 2009

When Jack Davis, 11, of Coconut Grove, learned that restaurants were discarding good food rather than donating it to homeless shelters and charities because of fear of lawsuits, he took action. Jack wrote to state lawmakers and inspired the “Jack Davis Florida Restaurant Lending a Helping Hand Act,” passed last year, which eliminates liability risk.